Page 22 of Kade

“Can I see her?”

“Of course. We’ve had her moved to a room. Marcy will show you to her.”

Nurse Marcy eyeballed them. “I’m guessing all of you are coming?”

“I’d say yes.” Kade knew the men here all adored his wife, and the more prayers she had, the better.

Nurse Marcy shook her head. “Follow me.”

They rode the elevator up to the sixth floor where patient rooms were located. Kade rushed in, and his heart dropped into his stomach. She lay there so still and pale, her red hair tousled. Innocent, vulnerable, and he wanted nothing more than to see her open those cat eyes and glare at him. Hell, she could scream every curse word she knew at him, and all he’d do would be to grin because he’d know she was okay.

“She needs rest more than anything.” Nurse Marcy checked the IV machine she was hooked up to. “Rest and fluids.”

“Fluids?”

“She was a little dehydrated when she came in. Most likely from the pregnancy. Congratulations, by the way.”

“I…” He rubbed his forehead. Pregnant. “Thank you.”

“I’m her nurse until seven tonight, then Linda comes on. I’ll be outside if you need anything, Mr. Kincaid.”

Kade ignored her, but he did see Max staring at her, his eyes oddly guarded. Something to ask about later, but right now, all his attention was on his wife. Nik pulled a chair up for him, and he sank down, taking her hand. It felt cold to the touch.

“Moye serdste.” He cupped her cheek with his other hand and leaned up far enough to place a gentle kiss on her lips. “Please wake up.”

Nik sat across the bed on the other side while he told the boys to go find more chairs. No one would be leaving tonight. They’d locked up the office on their way out. Thankfully, there were no clients coming in today.

“She’s okay.” Nik took her other hand. “They said she was okay.”

He nodded, unable to confirm shewasfine, because she wasn’t awake.

“Why the fuck isn’t she awake, then?” Nik ran a hand through his hair, one of Kade’s habits when he was scared or worried.

“Did you see anyone following you?” Kade turned his attention to Watkins. “Anything that felt out of the ordinary this morning?”

“No.” Watkins came to stand at the foot of the bed. “I was watching for that. I even walked the perimeter of the building and checked inside before I let her out of the car. There was no one that I could see.”

“Run a background check on this contractor. See if he has any connections toLos Muertos.”

“I’ll do that,” Max volunteered. “I just need to swing by the office and grab my laptop, then I’ll head back here.”

“You’re still joining Dylan in Miami?”

“That’s the plan, boss. I’m a tracker. Finding people is what I do best.”

Dylan had wanted to send Max in the first place, but they’d been unable to reach him right away. Instead of letting the trail go cold, Dylan hopped a plane and followed Juan.

“Watkins, set up a perimeter. I want you outside this room and the rest of your team positioned at strategic locations around the hospital for the rest of the night.”

Watkins nodded and left, leaving him alone with his brother.

“So,” Nick said after a while, “a baby.”

Way to state the obvious, little brother. He still hadn’t wrapped his head around it. “Yeah.”

“She’s going to be okay.”

“I know,brat.”

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